Scissors sharpener



Feb. 21, 1926'. 1,660,206

F. ORTLIEB S GI SSORS SHARPENER Original Filed Aug. 9, 1926 Fms'azfi/c/r05in 55 I W' 6 v W o Patented Feb. 21, 1928.

FREDERICK-earners, or oAT'AsAUQUA; PnimsizLv-Anm,

sorssons' SHARPENER.

Applicationfiled August 9, 1926, Serial No. 1 28,2 55. mammar i2 i928.

presentinvention relates to improve.

ments in scissors sharpenerswhich, while adapted for use fin-sharpeningvarious beveledge tools or instruments, is particularly designed for useby barber's and other engaged in the tonsorial art, where it isessential that the tools or instruments be maintained at all times inbest'condition for etliciencyand accuracy. H I

- The primary object of thelinvention is the provision of a toolsharpening device of this character and adapted for manual opei'ation,which is simple in construction and combinations and arrangements ofparts .in-'

volving these structures as will hereinafter be more fully pointed outand claimed.

In the accompanying drawings I; hay eillustrated one complete example ofthe physin plat-e 11, which at its upper end is provided with; a widenedhead 12 complementary to cal embodiment of my invention applied for thepurpose of sharpening scissors, in which the parts are combined andarranged according to one mode I have thus far devised for the practicalapplication of the principles of my invention.

Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of the device of my inventionillustrating a scissors blade in position to be sharpened.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the device of Figure 1 with the scissorsblade omitted for convenience of illustration.

Figure 3 is an end elevation of the device showing the scissors in positon for sharpening a blade. V

Figure 4: is a detail sectional view of the work holder. Y

In order that the utility, general assembly and arrangement of parts mayreadily be understood I have. shown in Figure 3 a pair of scissors S ofwhich the bevel-edge blade B is to be sharpened. In carrying out myinvention I preferably use a supporting frame which may rest upon thelap, of the person sharpening the scissors, on atable, or other suitablesupport, and the supporting frame is composed of a base plate 1 having atransversely disposed arm 2 secured thereto as by rivet 3, andthebase-arm and plate are sufficient width and length to form a stablesupport forthe sharpening device.

At'one end the base plate is fa's'hionedwith an upright post 4 and atthe upper end of thepos t a cross arm 5 is rigidly fixed ,to

with a suitable tool transversely of the bladeB. i i V At the oppositeend of the baseplate 1 a b ent, shorter post 6 is fashioned, preferablyintegral with the plate, and the. upper por tion of the post which isparallel with the post tis widened to form a head 7. The

t-opedge 8 ofthis head is cut a'wvayorbeveled to form abeveled facet),and this head with 1ts beveled face performs the function of an anvilfor; the scissor blade B, which latter 1s seated on the anvil asindicated in Figure 1'. As seen in Figure 4;the upright port on of thepost'6 is fashioned with a vertlcal, central slot lOby means of whichform a rest for the tool holder, whieh asy will be explained, ismanually reciprocated a generally U-shaped yoke of the work holder isadjustably attached to the post.

The u-shaped yoke is preferably fash- I rolled of resilient metal withan attaching 1 .means of a wing nut 15. the yoke may be clamped inadjusted position with relation to the post 6 with the attaching plate11 and its head in closed frictional contact with the post 6 and itshead 7. By properly adjusting the yoke the work holder may be adaptedfor use withblades of various widths, the

slot 10 being of sufficient length to permit the Vertical adjustment ofthe yoke of the work holder.

At its upper end the outer arm of the yoke is fashioned with a head 16which curves toward and over the upper edge 13 of th'efyokehead 12,andas the metal of the yoke is resilient, itwill be apparent that the wingnut 15, when turned on its bolt, not only holds to rigidly clamp theblade in the .work holdor as shown in Figure 1. The blade is clamped inposition with its beveled cutting edge arranged for sharpening, and thetool holder that it manually reciprocated is moved through the sameplane as that of the beveled edge.

The tool holdercomprises an arm 18 and a clamp-head 19, the latter ofU-shape, and

provided with a clamping screw or bolt 20. At 21 the clamp-head isfashioned with a slot with its lower wall forming an extension and flushwith the upper face of the lower jaw of the clamp head, and a file as-QQ(here shown as the workingtool) is secured by the bolt 20 in the head.The fileis slipped through the slotted head with its lower face restingon the upper face of th'e'lower jaw of the head, and the screw or bolt20 is used to clamp the file rigidly in the slotted head. If desired,the file may be removed, and an abradinp; stone may be clamped in thehead by means of the bolt 20, or other suitabletool may be secured inthe head 19.

The rear end of the arin18 is supportec on the rest 5 and at its frontend the tool holder is supported by means of thefile on the scissorsblade B; The height of the rest and of the work-holding head are sorelated that the tool-holder is preferably'inclined as.

indicated in Figure 1, but in all cases, the 7 lower face of the filethat contacts with the blade to be sharpenedis parallel with the bevelededge of the blade. Thus the tile holder or tool holder, supportedasjshown may manually be reciprocated while supported on. the rest andthe blade to sharpen the latter, and the desired pressure may be imposedon the tool-holder by the hand. The file, may move transversely at rightangles to the blade, or it may be moved diagonally across the blade ifdesired, and it is moved longitudinallyot the blade and rest as thesharpening progresses in order that the full length of the blade =inaybe sharpened. It will be apparent that after the Work-holder andtool-holder have. been properly set, the latterinay be reciproeated withrelation to the stationary work holder and the blade sharpenedwithaccuracy and facility.

Various types of files may be used, and

various types or abrading tools may be used in the head of thetool-holder, and other changes may be made in the illustrated device,within the scope of. my appended claim, without departing from theprinciples of my invention.

Having thus tully described my invention,

what I claimfas new and desire to'secure by Letters Patent is. V V

In a work holder the combination with a slotted, fixed head having abeveled face, of a vertically adjustable U-shaped yoke having anattaching plate for co-action with said slotted head, said yoke having are silient clamping head for co-action with the fixed head, a clampingbolt connecting said yokean'd fixed head, and a clampingnut for thebolt. I v

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature.

FREDERICK ORTLIEB.

